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Manuela Cascini

The University of SydneyORCID 0000-0002-7173-4904Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Rates of molecular and morphological evolution are uncoupled across the eukaryote Tree of Life

Yasmin Asar, Estefany Karen Lopez-Éstrada, Manuela Cascini, Hervé Sauquet, Simon Y. W. Ho

The paper analyzes molecular and morphological evolution rates across eukaryotes and finds little correlation between them, suggesting distinct evolutionary drivers at genomic and phenotypic levels.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evolutionary rates in "living fossils" across the Tree of Life

Manuela Cascini, Estefany Karen Lopez Estrada, David Alejandro Duchêne, Simon Y. W. Ho

This study examines evolutionary rates in living-fossil lineages and finds reduced morphological but not molecular rates, suggesting morphological conservatism is a key feature.

bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

From mountaintops to metacollections: using genomics to evaluate ex situ conservation collections. A case study from tropical montane cloud forest plants in Australia

Manuela Cascini, Lalita Simpson, Stuart Worboys, Warren Worboys, Lydia K. Guja, Zoe Knapp, Peter Bredell, Julie Percival, Maurizio Rossetto, Darren M. Crayn

The paper evaluates an ex situ metacollection of tropical montane cloud forest plants in Australia using genetic data to assess its representation of wild diversity and identify conservation improvements.

bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2026 · PreprintGenomics